Metal sheet-piling.



M. W. GLUXTON. METAL SHEET PILING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 190B. RENEWED AUG. 26, 1910. I 981,749.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

MANLEY XV. CLUXTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METAL SHEET-FILING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1'7, 1911.

Application filed April 27, 1908, Serial No. 429,314., Renewed August 26, 1910. Serial No. 579,155.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANLEY W. GLUx'roN,

a citizen of the United States, residing in,

metal sheet-piling and refers more specifically to a double walled construction such as is used in cotter-dams, shafts, excavations and the like.

Among the salient objects of the invention are to provide a construction in which the. opposite units of the sheet-piling which form the two walls are first rigidly secured together and the united sections then driven into position; to provide a construction in which not only the sections or units of the piling which form each wall but also the transversely extending locking members between the two walls may be made of commercial rolled shapes or bars such as I-beams; to;provide a double walled piling of the character referred to in which the angles thereof may, if desired, be formed from units of well known commercial construction; to provide simple slipjoint inter-locking connections between the sections of each wall which at the same time serves as guid ing means to keep each section inalinement with the wall as it is being driven, the arrangement being such that each section is guided by the section previously driven; to provide a construction of maximum strength and rigidity in which the various parts cooperate to strengthen each other; and in general to provide a simple economical construction of the character referred to.

While I am aware that interlocking sheetpiling, the sections of which are of well known I-beam construction, is not broadly new, nevertheless the construction herein shown is believed to be novel and is at the same time commercially desirable.

The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a plurality of interlocking units or I-beams which together form the double wall'construction; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing one method of forming an angle in the wall.

adds to the economy of construction.

Fig. 3 is a' fragmentary perspective View showing two opposed units of the walls and the manner of connecting the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clips used in looking the flanges of adjacent I-beams together. Fig. 5 is a slightly modified construction of the clips shown in Fig. 4 and is more especially adapted for use in forming an angle in the wall as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified construction.

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6 and showing another method of forming an angle in the wall. I

' .Referring to the drawings 1 designates as a whole one of the sections of the double walled construction which are adapted to be placed end to end to form the wall. Each of these sections comprises oppositely disposed units 2, 2 which may be of the well known I-beam construction, and these units are rigidly united to each other by means of a transversely extending I-beam 3 secured to the webs l of the parallel beams 2 by means of suitable rivets 5. In practice the oppositely disposed units 2 are first integrally united with each other as shown and then driven into the ground, the marginal flanges 6 of the parallel units. 2 of adjacent sections lying flat against each other and suitably united in interlocked alinement. As seen in the drawings, not only the parallel units 2 but also the cross beams 3 are or may be exactly identical in construction and made of a well I known commercial type which materially The use of the cross units 3 not only permits of the two arms being built up at the same time but insures the proper alinement of the same and also materially increases the strength and rigidity of the construction as a whole.

In practice each double section, as it is being driven, is guided into place by means of the preceding section. To this end relatively narrow guiding clips 7 are provided, these clips being suitably riveted as shown at 8 to the web portions 4 of the units 2 and thence extending laterally therefrom over the marginal flanges 6 so as to embrace and confine the similar abutting flanges of the adjacent section. These clips of which there are any desired number for each section, serve the double purpose of guidin the section which is being drivenfand of interlocking adjacent sections together and thus more effectively providing a continuous wall. They may be alternately disposed and attached in the manner shown in my prior Patent No. 878,773 2'. e. the lower clip section last dr ven.

vcorner section 1' to the end of the wall, I

being secured to the section which is being driven and the upper clip to the section already in place, or they may all be seeljred to the same end of each of the sections in 1 which event they may all be riveted in place provide a beam 10 of well known. angle iron construction which is rigidly secured by means of rivets -11 to the marginal flanges 6 of the corner section, and this angle iron is in turn interlocked to the marginal flange 6 of the outer I-beam of the adjacent section 1 by means of clips 12 generally similar in construction to the clips 7 heretofore described. The other end of the section is secured :.-'to the opposite marginal flange 6 by means of clips 13 riveted at M to the web 2 and provided with a lateral extending portion 15 which fits over the end ofthe marginal flange as shown clearly in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that this corner section is rigidly interlocked with the end of the wall, and at the same time the double wall feature is maintained.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 I have therein shown a somewhat modified construction in which the various double sections are interlocked with each other withoutthe use of the clips. To this end alternate sections have the marginal flanges of the respective Ibeamsfolded inwardly toward each other on their longitudinal marginal portions as shown at 16 to provide grooves in which the flanges of the adjaeent units fit. These I grooved flanges 10 are adapted to have sliding interlocking connection with the flat outer faces of the flanges of the adjacent sections-as shown. j

In Fig. 7 I have shown another method of turning a corner in the wall in which the I-beams are curved inwardly as shown, and' the outer I-beams of the corner integrally united with the inner corner beam by means of a'pair of'transversely disposed beams as shown. p It will be noted that the transversely ex tending beams 3 divide the double wall con'-.

struction into a series of chambers, and

' ture as a whole.

these chambers may be filled if desired in order to increase the strength of the struc- Where the device is used in. cofler-dalns and the like, the meeting edges of the adjacent parallel units may be calked or made. water tight in any suitable 1. In a metal sheet-piling, the combina tion with two parallel rows of units, each unit comprising a flat web and marginal flanges, means uniting theoadjacent units of each wall, and units composed of flat webs,

and marginal flanges uniting the opposed parallel units of the respective walls.

2. In a double wall sheet metal piling, the

combination with parallel rows of units, each unit comprising a flat web portion and a flange at each edgeof the latter, slip-joint connections detachably uniting the adjacent units of each wall, and cross units rigidly uniting opposed members of said parallel units and substantially similar in construction to the latter.

3. A double wall metal sheet piling consisting of a plurality of sections, each section comprising two parallel units of I-beam construction and a third unit of similar construction, the marginal flanges of said latter I-beam being respectively rigidly. united to the webs of opposed parallel units.

4. A double wall metal sheet-piling consisting of a plurality of alined sections, each section comprising two parallel units composed of flat webs of marginal flanges and a third unit of similar construction, the marginal flanges of which are respectively rigidly united to the webs of opposed'parallel units.

5. A double Wall metal sheet-piling consisting of a plurality of sections adapted to be successively built up to form said wall, each section comprising two parallel units composed of flat webs and marginal flanges, a third unit of similar construction, the marginal flanges of which are respectively rigidly united to the Webs of'opposed parallel units, and slip-joint connections for locking adjacent sections together.

6. A double wall metal sheet-piling consisting of a plurality of sections, each section comprising two parallel uniteroomposed of flat webs and marginal flanges, a third unit of similar construction, the marginal for locking said sections together so that the opposed marginal flanges of adjacent sections lie flat against each other.

7. A double wall metal sheet-piling i of fiat Webs andtmarginal flanges, '& third unit of similar construction the marginal flanges of which are respectively united to the Webs of opposed parallel units, means for interlocking adgacent sect10ns,and means for forming an angle in said double wall construction.

MANLEY W. GLUXTON.

Witnesses:

EMILIE ROSE, F. L. BELKNAP. 

